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class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Media</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Local_government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Local_government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Local government</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Local_government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>National government</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Policing_and_crime" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Policing_and_crime"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.6</span> <span>Policing and crime</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Policing_and_crime-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Culture subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Literature" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Literature"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Literature</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Literature-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Leisure_and_amusement" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Leisure_and_amusement"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Leisure and amusement</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Leisure_and_amusement-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Sport</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Sport-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon 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id="toc-Road-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Taxi" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Taxi"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.5</span> <span>Taxi</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Taxi-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Environment" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Environment"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Environment</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Environment-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Environment subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Environment-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Tidy_Towns" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tidy_Towns"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Tidy Towns</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tidy_Towns-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Air_quality" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air_quality"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Air quality</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air_quality-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Water_quality" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Water_quality"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>Water quality</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Water_quality-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Twins" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Twins"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Twins</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Twins-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Footnotes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Footnotes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Footnotes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Footnotes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> 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href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Летъркени – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Летъркени" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leitir_Ceanainn" title="Leitir Ceanainn – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Leitir Ceanainn" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterkenny" title="Letterkenny – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Letterkenny" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterkenny" title="Letterkenny – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Letterkenny" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterkenny" title="Letterkenny – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Letterkenny" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterkenny" title="Letterkenny – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Letterkenny" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterkenny" title="Letterkenny – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Letterkenny" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterkenny" title="Letterkenny – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Letterkenny" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterkenny" title="Letterkenny – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Letterkenny" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterkenny" title="Letterkenny – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Letterkenny" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterkenny" title="Letterkenny – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Letterkenny" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leitir_Ceanainn" title="Leitir Ceanainn – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Leitir Ceanainn" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littyr_Kennain" title="Littyr Kennain – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Littyr Kennain" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterkenny" title="Letterkenny – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Letterkenny" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterkenny" title="Letterkenny – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Letterkenny" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leterkenis" title="Leterkenis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Leterkenis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%86%D9%89" title="لتركنى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="لتركنى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterkenny" title="Letterkenny – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Letterkenny" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterkenny" title="Letterkenny – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Letterkenny" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterkenny" title="Letterkenny – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Letterkenny" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterkenny" title="Letterkenny – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Letterkenny" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Леттеркенни – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Леттеркенни" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterkenny" title="Letterkenny – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Letterkenny" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterkenny" title="Letterkenny – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Letterkenny" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" 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For the TV series, see <a href="/wiki/Letterkenny_(TV_series)" title="Letterkenny (TV series)"><i>Letterkenny</i> (TV series)</a>. 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Letterkenny</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Leitir Ceanainn</i></span></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LetterkennyMontage.JPG" 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class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ireland_adm_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Letterkenny is located in Ireland"><img alt="Letterkenny is located in Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Ireland_adm_location_map.svg/250px-Ireland_adm_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="312" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Ireland_adm_location_map.svg/375px-Ireland_adm_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Ireland_adm_location_map.svg/500px-Ireland_adm_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1449" data-file-height="1806" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:14.623%;left:54.662%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Letterkenny"><img alt="Letterkenny" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Letterkenny</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Ireland</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Letterkenny&params=54.9566_N_7.7203_W_dim:100000_region:IE_type:city(22549)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">54°57′24″N</span> <span class="longitude">7°43′13″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">54.9566°N 7.7203°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">54.9566; -7.7203</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Ireland</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Ireland" title="Provinces of Ireland">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Ireland" title="Counties of Ireland">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal">County Donegal</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Barony_(Ireland)" title="Barony (Ireland)">Baronies</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kilmacrenan_(barony)" title="Kilmacrenan (barony)">Kilmacrenan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Raphoe_North" title="Raphoe North">Raphoe North</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Dáil constituency">Dáil constituency</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Donegal_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Donegal (Dáil constituency)">Donegal</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-cso2016_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2016-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="Area may have changed for Census 2022 (July 2024)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">15.5 km<sup>2</sup> (6.0 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">52 m (171 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2022_census_of_Ireland" title="2022 census of Ireland">2022 census</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-cso2022_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">22,549</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,500/km<sup>2</sup> (3,800/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Irish Grid Reference</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Letterkenny&params=54.956171_N_7.733839_W_region:IE_scale:25000">C171121</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dialing code</th><td class="infobox-data">074 91// 0035374</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Letterkenny</b> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Leitir Ceanainn</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ga-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Irish" title="Help:IPA/Irish">[ˈl̠ʲɛtʲəɾʲ<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈcanˠən̠ʲ]</a></span>, meaning "hillside of the O'Cannons"), nicknamed the Cathedral Town,<sup id="cite_ref-stoking_it_up_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stoking_it_up-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a large town in <a href="/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal">County Donegal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>, on the <a href="/wiki/River_Swilly" title="River Swilly">River Swilly</a> in the north-west of <a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cso2016_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2016-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with the nearby city of <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a>, Letterkenny is a regional economic gateway for the north-west of Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Letterkenny began as a <a href="/wiki/Market_town" title="Market town">market town</a> at the start of the 17th century, during the <a href="/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster" title="Plantation of Ulster">Plantation of Ulster</a>. A castle once stood near where the <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_St_Eunan_and_St_Columba" title="Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba">Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba</a>, County Donegal's only <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a> cathedral, stands today. Letterkenny Castle, built in 1625, was located south of Mt Southwell on Castle Street. County Donegal's largest third-level institution, <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Technological_University" title="Atlantic Technological University">Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Letterkenny</a>, is located in the town, as are <a href="/wiki/St_Eunan%27s_College" title="St Eunan's College">St Eunan's College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Highland_Radio" title="Highland Radio">Highland Radio</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hindu</a> temple.<sup id="cite_ref-first_hindu_temple_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-first_hindu_temple-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Letterkenny was also the original home of <a href="/wiki/Oatfield_(confectioner)" title="Oatfield (confectioner)">Oatfield</a> Sweet Factory, a confectionery manufacturer; the factory closed and was demolished in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1798, <a href="/wiki/Theobald_Wolfe_Tone" class="mw-redirect" title="Theobald Wolfe Tone">Theobald Wolfe Tone</a> was arrested at Laird's Hotel in the town.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, Letterkenny was judged as the tidiest town in Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-tidy_towns_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tidy_towns-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Toponymy">Toponymy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Toponymy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Letterkenny" title="Special:EditPage/Letterkenny">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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While no evidence of forts or castles belonging to the O'Cannon clan exists in the Letterkenny district, eight miles west of Letterkenny is located Doon Rock, believed by some to be an ancient inauguration site of the O'Cannon Kings. </p><p>The O'Cannon dynasty is descended from <a href="/wiki/Conn_of_the_Hundred_Battles" title="Conn of the Hundred Battles">Conn of the Hundred Battles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Niall_of_the_Nine_Hostages" title="Niall of the Nine Hostages">Niall of the Nine Hostages</a>, two of Ireland's <a href="/wiki/High_King_of_Ireland" title="High King of Ireland">ancient High Kings</a>. The O'Cannons have been described as 'Ancient Princes of Tír Connaill' and 'Valiant Chiefs'. Their 350-year dynasty in Tír Connaill ended in 1250. Their ancient territory is recorded as being in Tír Aeda (now the <a href="/wiki/Baronies_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Baronies of Ireland">barony</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tirhugh" title="Tirhugh">Tirhugh</a>) in what is now South Donegal. After the deaths of Ruairí Ó Canannain (Rory O'Cannon) and his son Niall Ó Canannain in 1250, the <a href="/wiki/Sept" title="Sept">sept</a> declined greatly in power. Brian Ó Néill (Brian O'Neill) died ten years later in 1260; he had supported an Ó Canannain claimant to Tír Conaill, i.e. to the Kingdom of Tír Conaill (Tirconnell). However, the O'Cannon Clan remained subservient to the <a href="/wiki/O%27Donnell_Clan" class="mw-redirect" title="O'Donnell Clan">O'Donnell Clan</a>, the Kings of Tír Chonaill from the early thirteenth century onwards after Gofraid O'Donnell helped the English defeat the O'Cannons in 1250. The personal name Canannain is a diminutive of Cano meaning 'wolf cub'. Canannain was fifth in descent from <a href="/wiki/Flaithbertach_mac_Loingsig" title="Flaithbertach mac Loingsig">Flaithbertach mac Loingsig</a> (died <a href="/wiki/765_in_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="765 in Ireland">765</a>), <a href="/wiki/High-king" class="mw-redirect" title="High-king">high-king</a> of Ireland; they were the descendants of <a href="/wiki/Niall_of_the_Nine_Hostages" title="Niall of the Nine Hostages">Niall of the Nine Hostages</a> (Irish: Niall Noigiallach), who died <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> <a href="/wiki/405_in_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="405 in Ireland">405</a> A.D., by his son <a href="/wiki/Conall_Gulban" title="Conall Gulban">Conall Gulban</a>, who gave his name to <a href="/wiki/T%C3%ADr_Conaill" class="mw-redirect" title="Tír Conaill">Tír Conaill</a>, the 'Land of Conall', now County Donegal. </p><p>By the early 17th century, the name Uí Canannain had been <a href="/wiki/Anglicised" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglicised">anglicised</a> to O'Cannon. Further anglicisation took place during the <a href="/wiki/Penal_Laws_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Penal Laws (Ireland)">Penal Laws</a> in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and the name in Co. Dun na nGall became Cannon. In the early 1880s, there were just 200 families bearing the Cannon surname living in County Donegal, who were mainly tenant farmers. The Cannons/O'Canannains were of the ancient sept of Cenell Conaill, a branch of the northern Uí Néill and descend from Ruaidrí ua Canannain (died 30 November 950), King of Cenel Conaill, and grandson of Canannain, who flourished in the second half of the 9th century. The site of the ancient seat of the Ó Canannain was near Letterkenny (the largest town of County Donegal only since the 1950s), which is said to represent the countryside of the O'Cannons (English translation). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Letterkenny" title="Special:EditPage/Letterkenny">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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It may have been established on the site of an earlier <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Ireland" title="Gaelic Ireland">Gaelic</a> settlement. It was the first crossing point of the <a href="/wiki/River_Swilly" title="River Swilly">River Swilly</a>. In the recent past, Letterkenny was a largely agricultural town, surrounded by extensive cattle and sheep grazing on what was then untilled hillside – at a time when Conwal (3 km west of Letterkenny) was the ecclesiastical and seaport centre. The waters of the Atlantic had not yet retreated from the basin of the Swilly, whose estuary at that time extended up almost as far as New Mills – proof of this may be found in those alluvial flatlands between the <a href="/wiki/Oldtown,_Letterkenny" title="Oldtown, Letterkenny">Oldtown</a> and the Port Road. </p><p>Rory O'Cannon, the last chieftain of the O'Cannon Clan, was killed in 1248. Godfrey O'Donnell succeeded Rory O'Cannon as King of <a href="/wiki/T%C3%ADr_Conaill" class="mw-redirect" title="Tír Conaill">Tír Conaill</a>. He engaged the Norman lord <a href="/wiki/Maurice_FitzGerald,_2nd_Lord_of_Offaly" title="Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Lord of Offaly">Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Lord of Offaly</a>, in battle at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Creadran_Cille" title="Battle of Creadran Cille">Credan</a> in the north of what is now <a href="/wiki/County_Sligo" title="County Sligo">County Sligo</a> in 1257 in which both were badly wounded – Fitzgerald immediately fatally so. Godfrey (also dying from his wounds) retired to a crannóg in Lough Beag (Gartan Lake). <a href="/wiki/U%C3%AD_N%C3%A9ill" title="Uí Néill">O'Neill</a> of <a href="/wiki/T%C3%ADr_Eoghain" title="Tír Eoghain">Tír Eoghain</a> — taking advantage of Godfrey's fatal illness — demanded submission, hostages and pledges from the <a href="/wiki/Cen%C3%A9l_Conaill" class="mw-redirect" title="Cenél Conaill">Cenél Conaill</a> since they had no strong chieftain since the wounding of Godfrey. Godfrey summoned his forces and led them himself, although he had to be carried on a litter (stretcher). O'Neill and his men were completely defeated by the Swilly in 1258. Godfrey died however after the battle near where the town of Letterkenny is today. He was buried in <a href="/wiki/Conwal_Cemetery" title="Conwal Cemetery">Conwal Cemetery</a>. A cross-shaped coffin slab marks his grave to this day. </p><p>The receding of the waters of the Atlantic eastwards enabled progress, and with the building of bridges etc., the town of Letterkenny started to take the shape it has today. In the wake of the <a href="/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster" title="Plantation of Ulster">Plantation of Ulster</a> (which began around 1609), when a 4 square kilometres (990 acres) area was granted to a <a href="/wiki/Scotsman" class="mw-redirect" title="Scotsman">Scotsman</a> Patrick Crawford, the compact community formed. </p><p>The honour of formally launching the town fell to <a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Marbury&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George Marbury (page does not exist)">Sir George Marbury</a> who married Patrick Crawford's widow — Crawford having died suddenly while on a return visit to his native Scotland. Initially, there were possibly fifty simple habitations sited where <a href="/wiki/Oldtown,_Letterkenny" title="Oldtown, Letterkenny">the Oldtown</a> is situated today. </p><p>The main streets, though now suffering traffic congestion, were simple pony tracks used by the hill farmers to come to the markets. The markets — started by Patrick Crawford with only a few animals — grew into much busier markets which are not present today. </p><p>An ancient castle once stood near where the <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_St_Eunan_and_St_Columba" title="Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba">Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba</a> stands today. Letterkenny Castle, built in 1625, was located south of Mt Southwell on Castle Street. No remains of the castle exist today. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Rebellion_of_1798" title="Irish Rebellion of 1798">Irish Rebellion of 1798</a>, on 12 October, a large French force consisting of 3,000 men, including <a href="/wiki/Theobald_Wolfe_Tone" class="mw-redirect" title="Theobald Wolfe Tone">Wolfe Tone</a>, attempted to land in <a href="/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal">County Donegal</a> near Lough Swilly. They were intercepted by a large British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> force, and finally surrendered after a three-hour battle without ever landing in Ireland. After <a href="/wiki/Theobald_Wolfe_Tone" class="mw-redirect" title="Theobald Wolfe Tone">Wolfe Tone</a> was captured he was held for a short time at Laird's Hotel (opposite the Market Square) in the Main Street of Letterkenny<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before being transferred to the nearby <a href="/wiki/Derry_Gaol" title="Derry Gaol">Derry Gaol</a>. He was later tried by a court-martial in Dublin and found guilty. His death through suicide occurred in prison. </p><p>In 1824, when the first description of Letterkenny as a modern town was written, it was stated that: <i>"Within half a mile is the Port of <a href="/wiki/Ballyraine" title="Ballyraine">Ballyraine</a>, whither vessels of 100 tons bring iron, salt and colonial produce and whence they export hides and butter"</i>. Nothing remains now except the warehouses with the example of 19th-century warehouse architecture.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Letterkenny achieved town status in the early 1920s following the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_Ireland" title="Partition of Ireland">partition of Ireland</a>. When the <a href="/wiki/Irish_pound" title="Irish pound">Irish punt</a> replaced the British <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">pound sterling</a> in County Donegal in 1928, many Irish banks that had been previously located in <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a> (in the new <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>) opened branches in Letterkenny. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Climate data for Letterkenny is recorded at Malin Head in the far northern tip of the county. Malin Head's climate is classified as <a href="/wiki/Temperate" class="mw-redirect" title="Temperate">Temperate</a> <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">Oceanic</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a> <b>Cfb</b>) and is significantly milder than some other locations in the world at a similar latitude; this is due to the station's position near the Atlantic Coast and exposure to the warmth of the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Stream" title="Gulf Stream">Gulf Stream</a>. Due to its northerly latitude, Malin Head experiences long summer days and short winter days. Summers are cool with temperatures rarely exceeding 25 °C (77 °F), while winters are relatively mild with daytime temperatures rarely dropping below 0 °C (32 °F). Extreme heat is very rare; however, the town can on occasion receive extreme cold from the Arctic where temperatures drop several degrees below 0 °C (32 °F). Snow is relatively uncommon and the station receives on average 20 days of recorded snowfall per year, the vast majority of this occurring between December and March. Humidity is high year-round and rainfall is spread quite evenly throughout the year, with winter months receiving the rainiest days. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Letterkenny, <a href="/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal">Donegal</a> (1981–2010) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(54) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14<br />(57) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16<br />(61) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17<br />(63) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16<br />(61) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13<br />(55) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #FFC994; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.2<br />(54.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(54) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(54) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11<br />(52) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FFEAD5; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.5<br />(45.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #5050FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">117.4<br />(4.62) </td> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">84.8<br />(3.34) </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.9<br />(3.38) </td> <td style="background: #9D9DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.1<br />(2.48) </td> <td style="background: #AAAAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.9<br />(2.24) </td> <td style="background: #9494FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.1<br />(2.72) </td> <td style="background: #8C8CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.8<br />(3.02) </td> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">93.2<br />(3.67) </td> <td style="background: #7171FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">91.8<br />(3.61) </td> <td style="background: #4E4EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">118.4<br />(4.66) </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104.5<br />(4.11) </td> <td style="background: #5454FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">114.2<br />(4.50) </td> <td style="background: #7676FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,076.1<br />(42.35) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days </th> <td style="background: #2020FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18 </td> <td style="background: #4E4EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #4545FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15 </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11 </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11 </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #4C4CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #2D2DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17 </td> <td style="background: #2626FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17 </td> <td style="background: #3939FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16 </td> <td style="background: #4A4AFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">172 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days </th> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.1 </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.2 </td> <td style="background: #D5D5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4 </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1 </td> <td style="background: #D0D0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8 </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">20.3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #454545; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.2 </td> <td style="background: #828282; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65.0 </td> <td style="background: #AAAAA6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.1 </td> <td style="background: #C7C700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">152.9 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">201.5 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">166.0 </td> <td style="background: #C0C021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">142.7 </td> <td style="background: #BFBF28; color:#000000;" class="notheme">140.1 </td> <td style="background: #B4B46B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">112.2 </td> <td style="background: #939393; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80.6 </td> <td style="background: #535353; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">44.3 </td> <td style="background: #3E3E3E; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">34.1 </td> <td style="background: #B0B081; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,271.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/mapserver/climatology.php?indexcat=**&indexid=SS&periodidselect=1981-2010&seasonid=18&scalelogidselect=yes&minx=-749285.714287&miny=-4196547.619047&maxx=-315952.380953&maxy=-3871547.619047&MapSize=560%2C420&imagewidth=560&imageheight=420&CMD=QUERY_POINT&CMD=QUERY_POINT#bottom">ECA&D</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.met.ie/climate/monthly-weather-bulletin.asp">Met Éireann</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Architecture">Architecture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Letterkenny" title="Architecture of Letterkenny">Architecture of Letterkenny</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Public_art_in_Letterkenny" class="mw-redirect" title="Public art in Letterkenny">Public art in Letterkenny</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Eunans_Cathedral_Letterkenny.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/St_Eunans_Cathedral_Letterkenny.jpg/170px-St_Eunans_Cathedral_Letterkenny.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/St_Eunans_Cathedral_Letterkenny.jpg/255px-St_Eunans_Cathedral_Letterkenny.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/St_Eunans_Cathedral_Letterkenny.jpg/340px-St_Eunans_Cathedral_Letterkenny.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_St_Eunan_and_St_Columba" title="Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba">Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba</a>, the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Raphoe" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe">Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe</a>, dominates the Letterkenny skyline.</figcaption></figure> <p>A number of Letterkenny's more notable buildings were built in the early 1850s—or earlier.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> These include educational and ecclesiastical buildings. The town's tallest building is the <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_St_Eunan_and_St_Columba" title="Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba">Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba</a>, which was completed in 1901. The cathedral was designed by William Hague from <a href="/wiki/County_Cavan" title="County Cavan">County Cavan</a>. It is built in a light Victorian neo-Gothic version of the French 13th-century Gothic style. Located opposite the cathedral, at the junction of Church Street with Cathedral Square, is <a href="/wiki/Conwal_Parish_Church_(Church_of_Ireland)" title="Conwal Parish Church (Church of Ireland)">Conwal Parish Church</a>, parts of which date from the 17th century. </p><p>Another dominant building in the town is <a href="/wiki/St_Eunan%27s_College" title="St Eunan's College">St Eunan's College</a>. It is a three-storey castellated structure, built in 1904 in the <a href="/wiki/Edwardian" class="mw-redirect" title="Edwardian">Edwardian</a> variant of the neo-Hiberno-Romanesque style. It has four turreted <a href="/wiki/Irish_round_tower" title="Irish round tower">round towers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flying_buttress" title="Flying buttress">flying buttresses</a> which are modelled on the nearby cathedral. </p><p>Other architecturally notable buildings can be found at Mount Southwell Terrace, which is located at the top of Market Square, just off Castle Street. This <a href="/wiki/Georgian_architecture" title="Georgian architecture">Georgian</a>-style terrace of red brick was built in 1837 by Lord Southwell. The terrace contains five Georgian houses and served as a holiday home for <a href="/wiki/Maud_Gonne" title="Maud Gonne">Maud Gonne</a> when she stayed here while holidaying in Donegal.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/St_Conal%27s_Hospital" title="St Conal's Hospital">St Conal's Hospital</a> is a large Victorian neo-Georgian structure located on the <a href="/wiki/Kilmacrennan" title="Kilmacrennan">Kilmacrennan</a> Road in the town. While the oldest parts of the building date from the 1860s,<sup id="cite_ref-dd150_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dd150-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the hospital's chapel was built in the neo-Norman style in the 1930s.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Donegal_County_Museum" title="Donegal County Museum">Donegal County Museum</a> is housed in the old workhouse on High Road which was completed in May 1843.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In later years, Letterkenny has seen more modern architectural developments. The new <a href="/wiki/Letterkenny_Town_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Letterkenny Town Council">Letterkenny Town Council</a> offices, known locally as "The Grasshouse", were designed by Donegal-based <a href="/wiki/MacGabhann_Architects" title="MacGabhann Architects">MacGabhann Architects</a>. It features a sloping grass roof situated above a broad band of aluka matt cladding and a runway-like ramp to the first-floor concourse. A 2002 article in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times" title="The Sunday Times">The Sunday Times</a></i> reportedly described it as a "building of international interest".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town council had previously been based in a house known as "Murrac-a-Boo", off the Port Road, which was badly damaged in a fire in 2004 and subsequently demolished.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1911 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,691</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1926 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,631</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.11%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1936 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,080</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.17%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1946 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,410</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.78%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1951 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">4,622</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+0.94%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1956 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,561</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.27%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1961 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,679</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.51%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1966 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,967</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.20%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">5,568</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.31%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1979 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">7,537</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+3.86%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1986 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">9,864</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.92%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1991 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">10,726</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.69%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1996 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">11,996</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.26%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2002 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">15,231</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.06%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2006 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">17,586</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+3.66%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">19,588</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.18%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2016 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">19,274</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.32%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2022 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">22,549</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.65%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: <a href="/wiki/Central_Statistics_Office_(Ireland)" title="Central Statistics Office (Ireland)">CSO</a><sup id="cite_ref-cso2022_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cso2016_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2016-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Letterkenny is the largest town in County Donegal. Despite having a long tradition of emigration that continued until the early 1990s, Letterkenny has since had net immigration. The recent immigrants include people from Central Europe, Africa, and Asia. This is reflected in the recent<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (January 2024)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> growth of immigrant restaurants and shops, including Chinese and Indian restaurants, as well as specialised shops run by and providing goods for Africans, Asians, South Americans, and Central Europeans. Letterkenny is home to one of Ireland's few <a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Hindu temples</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-first_hindu_temple_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-first_hindu_temple-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The figures for the ethnic and cultural background of people in the state in 2006 revealed that 16% of Letterkenny's population are non-nationals. The figures also show that most of Donegal's non-national population live in the town. Of the town's total population, 2,709 are non-nationals.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the 2006 census 4,957 people have a disability illness, 640 people have a registered disability, 537 have a chronic illness while 345 suffer from a psychological or an emotional condition.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2006 census also revealed that there were 199 <a href="/wiki/Irish_Traveller" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Traveller">travellers</a> living within the town's environs.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:College_Letterkenny_Eunan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/College_Letterkenny_Eunan.jpg/220px-College_Letterkenny_Eunan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/College_Letterkenny_Eunan.jpg/330px-College_Letterkenny_Eunan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/College_Letterkenny_Eunan.jpg/440px-College_Letterkenny_Eunan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="621" data-file-height="399" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/St_Eunan%27s_College" title="St Eunan's College">St Eunan's College</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Primary and secondary education in the town is organised similarly to the rest of Ireland. There are 5 primary schools in Letterkenny, including <a href="/wiki/Scoil_Colmcille,_Letterkenny" title="Scoil Colmcille, Letterkenny">Scoil Colmcille</a> and Woodland School, while there are 4 secondary schools.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the four secondary schools, the most noteworthy is <a href="/wiki/St_Eunan%27s_College" title="St Eunan's College">St Eunan's College</a> — a <a href="/wiki/Day_school" title="Day school">day school</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Boarding_school" title="Boarding school">boarding school</a> located on Sentry Hill close to the Glencar district of Letterkenny, just northwest of its centre. The College, as it is known locally to distinguish it from the <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_St_Eunan_and_St_Columba" title="Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba">cathedral</a> and <a href="/wiki/St_Eunan%27s_GAA" title="St Eunan's GAA">GAA club</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is named after <a href="/wiki/Adomn%C3%A1n" title="Adomnán">Adomnán</a> or Eunan (the <a href="/wiki/Abbot_of_Iona" title="Abbot of Iona">Abbot of Iona</a> who was native to <a href="/wiki/T%C3%ADr_Chonaill" class="mw-redirect" title="Tír Chonaill">Tír Chonaill</a>, mainly modern County Donegal, and is <a href="/wiki/Patron_saint" title="Patron saint">patron saint</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Raphoe" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe">Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe</a>). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Col%C3%A1iste_Ailigh" title="Coláiste Ailigh">Coláiste Ailigh</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Gaelchol%C3%A1iste" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaelcholáiste">Gaelcholáiste</a> (a secondary school with the stated purpose of providing education through the Irish language). It opened in 2000. The <a href="/wiki/Loreto_Convent_Secondary_School,_Letterkenny" class="mw-redirect" title="Loreto Convent Secondary School, Letterkenny">Loreto Convent Secondary School</a>, adjacent to St Eunan's Cathedral, is more than 150 years old. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Technological_University" title="Atlantic Technological University">ATU Donegal Letterkenny</a> (formally <a href="/wiki/Letterkenny_Institute_of_Technology" title="Letterkenny Institute of Technology">Letterkenny Institute of Technology</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) (LYIT; known locally as <i>The Regional</i> and <i>The IT</i>), which is situated east of the town centre on the Port Road, is a training centre for technicians, offering courses in engineering, information technology, materials science, design, business and nursing. The institute is one of the smaller places of <a href="/wiki/Third_level_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Third level education">third level education</a> in the historic province of Ulster, with a lower student intake than other colleges such as <a href="/wiki/Belfast_Metropolitan_College" title="Belfast Metropolitan College">Belfast Metropolitan College</a> and the regional colleges of the <a href="/wiki/North_West_Regional_College" title="North West Regional College">North West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southern_Regional_College" title="Southern Regional College">South</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Eastern_Regional_College" title="South Eastern Regional College">South East</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_West_College" title="South West College">South West</a>, all of which themselves are smaller than the universities in Northern Ireland - <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_University_Belfast" title="Queen's University Belfast">Queen's University Belfast</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ulster_University" title="Ulster University">Ulster University</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Letterkennymainstreet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Letterkennymainstreet.jpg/220px-Letterkennymainstreet.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Letterkennymainstreet.jpg/330px-Letterkennymainstreet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Letterkennymainstreet.jpg/440px-Letterkennymainstreet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2498" data-file-height="1918" /></a><figcaption>Letterkenny Main Street</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Letterkenny_vue_globale.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Letterkenny_vue_globale.JPG/220px-Letterkenny_vue_globale.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Letterkenny_vue_globale.JPG/330px-Letterkenny_vue_globale.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Letterkenny_vue_globale.JPG/440px-Letterkenny_vue_globale.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Letterkenny skyline</figcaption></figure> <p>Letterkenny Chamber of Commerce and Industry was founded in 1965. It is the only Donegal Chamber of Commerce affiliated to <a href="/wiki/Chambers_Ireland" title="Chambers Ireland">Chambers Ireland</a>, meaning it "provides input into national and regional lobbying policies", according to its website.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2020, the <i><a href="/wiki/Donegal_News" title="Donegal News">Donegal News</a></i> reported that the "number of vacant commercial properties in Letterkenny had risen by 8.7 per cent by the end of [the previous year], meaning that out of 720 recorded commercial premises in the town, 134 are vacant".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retail">Retail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Retail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The retail trade in Letterkenny includes modern shopping centres and family-owned local shops – often providing handmade crafts. </p><p>Many High Street stores operate in Letterkenny. The town is the northwest region's major shopping centre<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and helps to serve outlying areas including rural County Donegal and <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a>. The three main shopping malls are the <a href="/wiki/Courtyard_Shopping_Centre" title="Courtyard Shopping Centre">Courtyard Shopping Centre</a>, the Letterkenny Retail Park and the Letterkenny Shopping Centre, the latter being the oldest. Built in 1984, it is the largest shopping centre in <a href="/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal">County Donegal</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-sbp1_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sbp1-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was the first of several such complexes in Letterkenny. While originally built on the outskirts of the town, urban expansion means it now lies in the town proper. Letterkenny has been identified as one of Europe's fastest-growing towns by business owners.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The centre remained largely unchanged until 2004, when the centre was expanded,<sup id="cite_ref-indo1_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indo1-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and new lighting, flooring and decor were added. More retail units were constructed along with the expansion of the Tesco outlet and thus becoming "one of the Major developments in Ireland".<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These centres feature numerous international and Irish chains such as <a href="/wiki/Tesco" title="Tesco">Tesco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Primark" title="Primark">Penney's (Primark)</a> and others. There are also many other small centres such as the <i>Glencar Shopping Centre</i> and the <i>Market Centre</i>. </p><p>Previously, <a href="/wiki/Main_Street,_Letterkenny" title="Main Street, Letterkenny">Letterkenny's Main Street</a> served as the main shopping area in the town but trade has now shifted further afield expanding the town in the process. The Main Street is home to many older establishments including R. McCullagh Jewellers (dating from 1869),<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Magees Pharmacy (dating from 1928)<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Ernest Speer Clothing Store. Newer shopping areas in the town include the <a href="/wiki/Letterkenny_Retail_Parks" title="Letterkenny Retail Parks">Letterkenny Retail Parks</a> on <i>Pearse Road</i> and <i>Canal Lane</i>. Smaller streets such as <i>Church Street</i> and <i>Castle Street</i> have grown in recent years<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (August 2021)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> with businesses such as bakeries, pharmacies and fashion outlets having been opened. The <i>Market Square</i> has also attracted fresh business.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In August 2012, two winning <a href="/wiki/National_Lottery_(Ireland)" title="National Lottery (Ireland)">Lotto</a> tickets using the same numbers for the same draw were bought at two different locations in the town – Mac's Mace on the High Road and The Paper Post on Main Street. The occurrence made national news. A spokesperson for Lotto HQ in Dublin said it was the first time this had happened.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industry">Industry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 1970, the <i><a href="/wiki/Donegal_News" title="Donegal News">Donegal News</a></i> reported that local politicians acknowledged "a very real problem" in attracting industrialists to come to the town, even in spite of grants being available to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town's major employers include the <a href="/wiki/Letterkenny_University_Hospital" title="Letterkenny University Hospital">Letterkenny University Hospital</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prudential_Financial" title="Prudential Financial">Pramerica</a>, Optum Health Care and the Department of Social and Family Affairs, the latter having decentralised to the town in 1990, following a government decision to relocate 200 civil service jobs from <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>. </p><p>Letterkenny is at the centre of industry in the northwest of Ireland. <a href="/wiki/Eircom" class="mw-redirect" title="Eircom">Eircom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Scientific" title="Boston Scientific">Boston Scientific</a> and <a href="/wiki/UnitedHealth_Group" title="UnitedHealth Group">UnitedHealth Group</a> (Optum) are significant employers in the region. As the main commercial centre of north Donegal, Letterkenny also has a host of financial service institutions, legal firms and small businesses. </p><p>Pramerica was established in Letterkenny in 2000. It was a business and technology operations subsidiary of U.S.-based Prudential Financial Inc. (NYSE: Pru)and grew to over 2,000 employees before being taken over by <a href="/wiki/Tata_Consultancy_Services" title="Tata Consultancy Services">Tata Consultancy Services</a> in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prudential still retains some staff on site as PGIM.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There has been a significant decline in the manufacturing base, while employment has grown in the service sector. Since 2002 there has been a significant expansion in the retail sector. Allied to this growth has been the development of the cultural infrastructure. This includes the opening of An Grianán Theatre and the development of a new arts centre. </p><p>Letterkenny was also home of the confectionery manufacturers <a href="/wiki/Oatfield_(confectioner)" title="Oatfield (confectioner)">Oatfield</a>. It was based at the entrance to <a href="/wiki/Ballyraine" title="Ballyraine">Ballyraine</a>, near the town's central area. The factory was demolished in the summer of 2014. <a href="/wiki/Rockhill_Barracks" title="Rockhill Barracks">Rockhill Barracks</a> was once a major contributor to the local economy but closed in January 2009 due to military cuts.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Rambling Man distillery was located at the Eastend until 1976, and was not named after its owner Stephen Rambling.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The economy in the town is strongly dependent on cross-border trade, and economic growth is dependent somewhat on the currency <a href="/wiki/Exchange_rate" title="Exchange rate">exchange rate</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">Euro</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pound_Sterling" class="mw-redirect" title="Pound Sterling">British Pound</a>. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Letterkenny receives all of the national television stations on the Saorview DTT platform from the local Letterkenny transmitter. Due to its close proximity to Derry City and Strabane in Northern Ireland, the town and its surrounding areas have been able to receive overspill analogue television signals from the Derry City transmitter since December 1957 and the Strabane transmitter since February 1963. The town can also receive satellite services and broadband television services too. </p><p>The regional radio station is <a href="/wiki/Highland_Radio" title="Highland Radio">Highland Radio</a> which broadcasts from the town to north, east and west <a href="/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal">County Donegal</a>, West <a href="/wiki/County_Tyrone" title="County Tyrone">Tyrone</a> and the City of <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a>. It began broadcasting in 1990. </p><p>Letterkenny is home to several media companies. The main regional newspaper in the town and county is the <i><a href="/wiki/Donegal_Democrat" title="Donegal Democrat">Donegal Democrat</a></i> (owned by the <i><a href="/wiki/Derry_Journal" title="Derry Journal">Derry Journal</a></i>), whose offices also print two other titles every week – the <i><a href="/wiki/Donegal_People%27s_Press" title="Donegal People's Press">Donegal People's Press</a></i> on Tuesday and also <i><a href="/wiki/Donegal_on_Sunday" title="Donegal on Sunday">Donegal on Sunday</a></i>. Another local paper is the <i><a href="/wiki/Donegal_News" title="Donegal News">Derry People/Donegal News</a></i> (popularly known locally as the <i>Derry People</i>). It is distributed on a Friday, as well as having a Monday edition. The <a href="/wiki/Milford,_County_Donegal" title="Milford, County Donegal">Milford</a>-based <i><a href="/wiki/Tirconaill_Tribune" title="Tirconaill Tribune">Tirconaill Tribune</a></i>, printed in Letterkenny, is distributed throughout the county. The town also produces two freesheet newspapers, the <i><a href="/wiki/Letterkenny_People" title="Letterkenny People">Letterkenny People</a></i> (previously the <i>Letterkenny Listener</i>), which is distributed on a Thursday, and the <i><a href="/wiki/Letterkenny_Post" title="Letterkenny Post">Letterkenny Post</a></i>, which is printed on a Thursday night for Friday circulation. The <i><a href="/wiki/Derry_Journal" title="Derry Journal">Derry Journal</a></i>, based in Derry itself, is also a major newspaper in the town and its environs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Letterkennycourthouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Letterkennycourthouse.jpg/220px-Letterkennycourthouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Letterkennycourthouse.jpg/330px-Letterkennycourthouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Letterkennycourthouse.jpg/440px-Letterkennycourthouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="902" data-file-height="653" /></a><figcaption>Letterkenny Courthouse</figcaption></figure> <p>Letterkenny became an <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban district (Ireland)">urban district</a> in 1899 under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_(Ireland)_Act_1898" title="Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898">Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This became a <a href="/wiki/Town_council_(Ireland)" title="Town council (Ireland)">town council</a> in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In common with all town councils, it was abolished in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2012, Letterkenny Town Council passed a unanimous vote of no confidence in <a href="/wiki/Phil_Hogan" title="Phil Hogan">Phil Hogan</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Housing,_Local_Government_and_Heritage" title="Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage">Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government</a> who had proposed the abolition of town councils.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2013, they planned to protest Hogan's visit to the town to officially open a new wastewater treatment works at Magherenan but then decided against out of respect for those involved in the project - Mayor Paschal Blake and Deputy Mayor Tom Crossan attended to pass comment against Hogan in their speech.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Letterkenny is a <a href="/wiki/Local_electoral_area" title="Local electoral area">local electoral area</a> in County Donegal, and returns five councillors to <a href="/wiki/Donegal_County_Council" title="Donegal County Council">Donegal County Council</a>. With the 3-seat LEA of Milford, it forms the municipal district of Letterkenny–Milford.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, Letterkenny represented Ireland in the <a href="/wiki/Entente_Florale" class="mw-redirect" title="Entente Florale">Entente Florale</a>, having scooped Gold in the Large Urban Centre category of the 2007 <a href="/wiki/Tidy_Towns_(Ireland)" title="Tidy Towns (Ireland)">National Tidy Town Awards</a>. Locally there was a minor furore as all flags of competing nations were displayed in prominent areas of the town, with some difficulty encountered when locals discovered the controversial <a href="/wiki/Union_Jack" title="Union Jack">Union Jack</a> flag hanging from a pole adjacent to the library and Paddy Delap's newsagent.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The flag is still upsetting to many people angered by continuing British rule in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> and as such led to an intensely heated debate on local radio station <a href="/wiki/Highland_Radio" title="Highland Radio">Highland Radio</a><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on the day the judges were in town. The flag was first mounted the previous day (7 August) and had to be taken down when some concerns were raised about its safety on a busy Thursday night. It was remounted the following day. Nevertheless, the town won gold in the competition.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_government">National government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: National government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until the <a href="/wiki/2016_Irish_general_election" title="2016 Irish general election">2016 general election</a>, Letterkenny was part of the <a href="/wiki/Donegal_North-East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Donegal North-East (Dáil constituency)">Donegal North-East</a> constituency. In 2016, it became part of the county-wide five-seat <a href="/wiki/Donegal_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Donegal (Dáil constituency)">Donegal constituency</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/2020_Irish_general_election" title="2020 Irish general election">2020 general election</a>, the constituency returned <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Pringle_(politician)" title="Thomas Pringle (politician)">Thomas Pringle</a> (Independent), <a href="/wiki/Pearse_Doherty" title="Pearse Doherty">Pearse Doherty</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a>), <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_Mac_Lochlainn" title="Pádraig Mac Lochlainn">Pádraig Mac Lochlainn</a> (also, Sinn Féin), <a href="/wiki/Joe_McHugh" title="Joe McHugh">Joe McHugh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Charlie_McConalogue" title="Charlie McConalogue">Charlie McConalogue</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a>) to <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann">Dáil Éireann</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Policing_and_crime">Policing and crime</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Policing and crime"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Crime rates vary widely across different areas of Letterkenny. Recorded crime has been rising in Letterkenny, notably violent crime and fraud, while links with Romanian criminals are also evident.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Longest_Main_Street.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Longest_Main_Street.jpg/220px-Longest_Main_Street.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Longest_Main_Street.jpg/330px-Longest_Main_Street.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Longest_Main_Street.jpg/440px-Longest_Main_Street.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="375" /></a><figcaption>Upper Main Street lit up at night and crowded with people. Crossview House can be seen in the background. Several nightclubs, such as Milan, The Pulse and the <a href="/wiki/Grill_Music_Venue" title="Grill Music Venue">Grill Music Venue</a>, are located near this area.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literature">Literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A niece of <a href="/wiki/Jane_Austen" title="Jane Austen">Jane Austen</a>, daughter of her brother <a href="/wiki/Edward_Austen_Knight" title="Edward Austen Knight">Edward</a>, is buried in the town alongside her husband <a href="/wiki/Lord_George_Hill" title="Lord George Hill">Lord George Hill</a>. Two other nieces, also daughters of Edward, are buried just outside the town, close to Ballyarr.<sup id="cite_ref-novel_approach_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-novel_approach-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leisure_and_amusement">Leisure and amusement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Leisure and amusement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Annual events of note include the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day#Celebration_and_traditions" title="Saint Patrick's Day">Saint Patrick's Day Parade</a> in March and <a href="/wiki/Earagail_Arts_Festival" title="Earagail Arts Festival">Earagail Arts Festival</a> in June/July. </p><p><a href="/wiki/An_Grian%C3%A1n_Theatre" title="An Grianán Theatre">An Grianán Theatre</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the largest theatre in County Donegal with a seating capacity of 383, and provides live performances. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Letterkenny_Regional_Cultural_Centre" title="Letterkenny Regional Cultural Centre">Letterkenny Regional Cultural Centre</a>, located behind An Grianán Theatre, opened on 9 July 2007. </p><p>Letterkenny hosted the annual Irish traditional music festival, the <a href="/wiki/Fleadh_Cheoil" title="Fleadh Cheoil">Fleadh Cheoil</a>, for consecutive years (2005 and 2006). <a href="/wiki/Comhaltas_Ceolt%C3%B3ir%C3%AD_%C3%89ireann" title="Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann">Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann</a> organised both festivals. Letterkenny has also hosted the international <a href="/wiki/Pan_Celtic_Festival" title="Pan Celtic Festival">Pan Celtic Festival</a> for consecutive years (2006 and 2007). Celts from Ireland, Wales, Scotland, <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a>, Brittany and <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> visited Letterkenny for the "<a href="/wiki/Craic" title="Craic">craic</a> agus ceoil". Along with the daily street performances on Market Square, An Grianán Theatre and The Courtyard Shopping Centre, song, <a href="/wiki/Fiddle" title="Fiddle">fiddle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harp" title="Harp">harp</a> and dance contests are also featured. </p><p>Century Cinemas,<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> located on Canal Lane, is an eight-screen cinema complex. </p><p>The La Scala Cinema was formerly located in Letterkenny. <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Behan" title="Brendan Behan">Brendan Behan</a>, while holidaying in County Donegal on Tuesday 22 August 1961, walked there to watch <a href="/wiki/Eamonn_Andrews" title="Eamonn Andrews">Eamonn Andrews</a> interviewing him in the newsreel <i>Meet the Quare Fella</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-behanmacsuibhne_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-behanmacsuibhne-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Donegal_News" title="Donegal News">Derry People</a></i>, Behan chose a balcony seat and sang along with his onscreen self, "the first duet sung by one person in Letterkenny".<sup id="cite_ref-behanmacsuibhne_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-behanmacsuibhne-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Behan had previously visited the town in early June 1960 and attended the Rainbow Bar, where (reported a newspaper) "he regaled those fortunate enough to be present with some typical outspoken comments on affairs of the present".<sup id="cite_ref-behanmacsuibhne_64-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-behanmacsuibhne-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Letterkenny is a favoured nightlife location for the local catchment area, and also for the rest of <a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a> — particularly at weekends and especially for visitors from the nearby city of <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Main_Street,_Letterkenny" title="Main Street, Letterkenny">Main Street</a> — originally the retail centre of Letterkenny — has become a centre for nightclubs and pubs, boosted by the remnants of its old shopping district. </p><p>Letterkenny is also the namesake of the fictional town of Letterkenny, Ontario, the setting of the Canadian television show also called <i><a href="/wiki/Letterkenny_(TV_series)" title="Letterkenny (TV series)">Letterkenny</a>.</i> There is also a small locality elsewhere in Ontario named Letterkenny, now in the township of <a href="/wiki/Brudenell,_Lyndoch_and_Raglan" title="Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan">Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Letterkenny_people" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Letterkenny people">List of Letterkenny people</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Donegal_people" title="List of Donegal people">List of Donegal people</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Georgian-lk.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Georgian-lk.jpg/170px-Georgian-lk.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Georgian-lk.jpg/255px-Georgian-lk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Georgian-lk.jpg/340px-Georgian-lk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Mount Southwell Terrace</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Polestar_at_Port_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_910693.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Polestar_at_Port_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_910693.jpg/220px-Polestar_at_Port_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_910693.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Polestar_at_Port_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_910693.jpg/330px-Polestar_at_Port_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_910693.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Polestar_at_Port_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_910693.jpg/440px-Polestar_at_Port_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_910693.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The Polestar sculpture at the Port Bridge is a landmark of Letterkenny</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Letterkenny_people#Sport" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Letterkenny people">List of Letterkenny people - Sports</a></div> <p>Letterkenny has a modern community purpose-built leisure and sports complex, comprising a swimming pool, football pitches (both natural grass and astroturf), and sports halls. Gaelic football, rugby and soccer are the most popular sports in the town, but many other minority sports are practised also, such as <a href="/wiki/Hurling" title="Hurling">hurling</a>, boxing, kickboxing, golf, swimming and gymnastics. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Association_football">Association football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Association football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Letterkenny_Rovers_F.C." title="Letterkenny Rovers F.C.">Letterkenny Rovers F.C.</a> plays its home games at <a href="/wiki/Leckview_Park" title="Leckview Park">Leckview Park</a>, at Canal Road, in the town. <a href="/wiki/Bonagee_United_F.C." title="Bonagee United F.C.">Bonagee United</a> are another local team and play their home games at <a href="/wiki/Dry_Arch_Park" title="Dry Arch Park">Dry Arch Park</a> and Glencar Celtic F.C is another team from the town who play in the Donegal League. There also are a number of schoolboy soccer clubs within the town's environs and an annual league is played at Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16 age groups.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The closest professional football club is <a href="/wiki/League_of_Ireland_Premier_Division" title="League of Ireland Premier Division">League of Ireland Premier Division</a> side <a href="/wiki/Finn_Harps_F.C." title="Finn Harps F.C.">Finn Harps</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ballybofey" title="Ballybofey">Ballybofey</a>, 12 miles from Letterkenny. </p><p>Former <a href="/wiki/Arthurlie_F.C." title="Arthurlie F.C.">Arthurlie F.C.</a> professional football player <a href="/wiki/Denis_McLaughlin" title="Denis McLaughlin">Denis McLaughlin</a> is from Letterkenny.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Former professional footballers <a href="/wiki/Paul_Scholes" title="Paul Scholes">Paul Scholes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rory_Delap" title="Rory Delap">Rory Delap</a> also have ties to Letterkenny, as does <a href="/wiki/Shane_Duffy" title="Shane Duffy">Shane Duffy</a>. Delap and Duffy often visit.<sup id="cite_ref-stoking_it_up_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stoking_it_up-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gaelic_football">Gaelic football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Gaelic football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Letterkenny has two <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_games" title="Gaelic games">Gaelic games</a> clubs: <a href="/wiki/St_Eunan%27s_GAA" title="St Eunan's GAA">St Eunan's</a> and Letterkenny Gaels, who play their home games at <a href="/wiki/O%27Donnell_Park" title="O'Donnell Park">O'Donnell Park</a> and at Páirc na nGael in The Glebe, respectively. St Eunan's is one of Donegal's most successful clubs and has won various County and Ulster championships at underage level, as well as successes at the senior level since the turn of the 21st century.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Letterkenny Gaels club was formed in 1996. Letterkenny Gaels provide football, ladies' football, hurling and Scór activities to the people of the town and surrounding areas. The club currently plays in the Donegal Junior Championship. The Letterkenny Gaels club, which shares its facilities with <a href="/wiki/Letterkenny_RFC" title="Letterkenny RFC">Letterkenny Rugby Club</a>, was promoted to Division 2 of the All-County League in 2021.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rugby_football">Rugby football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Rugby football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rugby football is played locally at various levels, from school to senior league level. <a href="/wiki/Letterkenny_RFC" title="Letterkenny RFC">Letterkenny RFC</a>, which was founded in 1973, is the largest rugby club in the town. It has forged links with several <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a> rugby fraternities<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> due to the fact that <a href="/wiki/Dave_Gallaher" title="Dave Gallaher">Dave Gallaher</a>, the first captain of the All Blacks, was born in <a href="/wiki/Ramelton" title="Ramelton">Ramelton</a>, a village eight miles (13 km) from Letterkenny. The club's rugby ground in Letterkenny was named the Dave Gallaher Memorial Park in his honour in November 2005 by a visiting contingent of All Black players, led by captain <a href="/wiki/Tana_Umaga" title="Tana Umaga">Tana Umaga</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_sports">Other sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Other sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Letterkenny has two men's basketball teams, Letterkenny Heat and Letterkenny IT, as well as a junior basketball club, Letterkenny Blaze.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Letterkenny_Golf_Club" title="Letterkenny Golf Club">Letterkenny Golf Club</a> is located just outside the town centre. There are also pitch and putt and tennis facilities in the town. <a href="/wiki/Letterkenny_Regional_Sports_and_Leisure_Complex" title="Letterkenny Regional Sports and Leisure Complex">Letterkenny Sports Complex</a>, a state-of-the-art leisure centre complete with a skate park, is located on the edge of the town. <a href="/wiki/Letterkenny_Athletic_Club" title="Letterkenny Athletic Club">Letterkenny Athletic Club</a> is also located in the town. The town also hosts the <a href="/wiki/Donegal_International_Rally" title="Donegal International Rally">Donegal International Rally</a> on the third weekend of June every year and the <a href="/wiki/Donegal_Harvest_Rally" title="Donegal Harvest Rally">Donegal Harvest Rally</a> every October. There is a campaign being run by a local councillor for the construction of a horse racing track and facilities on land at the Big Isle, on the outskirts of the town.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, the Donegal Marathon was relaunched in the town after a 30-year absence.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More than 800 participated in the 2014 race which was won by Benny Mullan.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Annual events of note include the North West 10K (May), <a href="/wiki/St_Eunan%27s_College" title="St Eunan's College">St Eunan's College</a> 5K (May/April), <a href="/wiki/Donegal_International_Rally" title="Donegal International Rally">Donegal International Rally</a> (June), Gartan Triathlon (June/July) and Donegal Harvest Rally (October). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_Rail_Ireland_Viceregal_Commission_1906.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Map_Rail_Ireland_Viceregal_Commission_1906.jpg/220px-Map_Rail_Ireland_Viceregal_Commission_1906.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Map_Rail_Ireland_Viceregal_Commission_1906.jpg/330px-Map_Rail_Ireland_Viceregal_Commission_1906.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Map_Rail_Ireland_Viceregal_Commission_1906.jpg/440px-Map_Rail_Ireland_Viceregal_Commission_1906.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3063" data-file-height="4167" /></a><figcaption>1906 Irish Rail Infrastructure (including Letterkenny station)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air">Air</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The nearest airport is <a href="/wiki/City_of_Derry_Airport" title="City of Derry Airport">City of Derry Airport</a>, which is located about 48 kilometres (30 mi) to the east at <a href="/wiki/Eglinton,_County_Londonderry" title="Eglinton, County Londonderry">Eglinton</a>. <a href="/wiki/Donegal_Airport" title="Donegal Airport">Donegal Airport</a> (locally known as Carrickfinn Airport) is less than an hour away, located to the west in <a href="/wiki/The_Rosses" title="The Rosses">The Rosses</a>. The closest main international airport to Letterkenny is <a href="/wiki/Belfast_International_Airport" title="Belfast International Airport">Belfast International Airport</a> (also known as Aldergrove Airport), located at <a href="/wiki/Aldergrove,_County_Antrim" title="Aldergrove, County Antrim">Aldergrove</a> in <a href="/wiki/County_Antrim" title="County Antrim">County Antrim</a>. </p><p>Letterkenny has a small privately operated airfield situated on the outskirts of the town which is operational; it has both hard and grass of 620 metres, hangars available for overnight guests, ICAO EILT. There is also a small private airfield at Finn Valley approx 8 miles away. It is run and operated by the Finn Valley Flying Club. The airstrip is 700 metres of grass; it is mainly for use by ultralights and light aircraft. The airfield is home to a number of ultralights, and the flying club run an open weekend each August.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The airfield is only suitable for small private aircraft and ultralights, with no commercial traffic whatsoever.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It is approximately 8 miles from the town. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Ireland" title="History of rail transport in Ireland">History of Irish railways</a></div> <p>The town was, in times past, connected with the once extensive <a href="/wiki/3_ft_gauge_railways" title="3 ft gauge railways">3ft (914mm)</a> <a href="/wiki/Narrow-gauge_railway" title="Narrow-gauge railway">narrow-gauge</a> rail network of County Donegal. The two railway companies that served Letterkenny were the <a href="/wiki/County_Donegal_Railways_Joint_Committee" title="County Donegal Railways Joint Committee">County Donegal Railways Joint Committee</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Londonderry_and_Lough_Swilly_Railway" title="Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway">Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway</a>. This provided connections to Derry (and through there to Dublin and Belfast), to <a href="/wiki/Lifford" title="Lifford">Lifford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Strabane" title="Strabane">Strabane</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Gweedore" title="Gweedore">Gweedore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Burtonport" title="Burtonport">Burtonport</a>, and to <a href="/wiki/Carndonagh" title="Carndonagh">Carndonagh</a>, north of Derry. The rail system was built in the late 19th century, with the last extensions opening in the 20th century. Some of these lines were never profitable, built using <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">then UK</a> government subsidies. Only a couple of decades later, the independence of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a> from the rest of the UK resulted in rail companies operating across two jurisdictions where there had previously been one. This had devastating effects on an already fragile economic situation, resulting eventually in the final closure of all parts of the rail system in the area by December 1959. </p><p>Today, the closest railway station to County Donegal is <a href="/wiki/Derry_~_Londonderry_railway_station" title="Derry ~ Londonderry railway station">Derry~Londonderry railway station</a> in the nearby City of <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a>. This station is owned and run by <a href="/wiki/NI_Railways" title="NI Railways">NI Railways</a> (N.I.R.) and runs via <a href="/wiki/Coleraine" title="Coleraine">Coleraine</a> to <a href="/wiki/Belfast_Lanyon_Place_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast Lanyon Place railway station">Belfast Lanyon Place railway station</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belfast_Grand_Central_station" title="Belfast Grand Central station">Belfast Grand Central station</a>. The strategically important <a href="/wiki/Belfast-Derry_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast-Derry railway line">Belfast-Derry railway line</a> is to be upgraded to facilitate more frequent trains and improvements to the permanent way such as track and signalling to enable faster services.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2023, a draft report published by the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Transport_(Ireland)" title="Department of Transport (Ireland)">Department of Transport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Infrastructure_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland)">Department for Infrastructure</a> recommended a new 160 km/h (100 mph) dual-tracked electrified line between <a href="/wiki/Portadown" title="Portadown">Portadown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a>, and a new single-track line between Derry and Letterkenny. The draft also recommends a direct rail service from Letterkenny to <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>. The report proposed a possible construction timeframe of between 2030 and 2050.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Ireland#Planned_and_potential_developments" title="Rail transport in Ireland">Planned and potential railway developments in Ireland</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bus">Bus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Bus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Letterkenny_bus_station" title="Letterkenny bus station">Letterkenny bus station</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Letterkenny_bus_station,_Co_Donegal_-_geograph.org.uk_-_461426.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Letterkenny_bus_station%2C_Co_Donegal_-_geograph.org.uk_-_461426.jpg/220px-Letterkenny_bus_station%2C_Co_Donegal_-_geograph.org.uk_-_461426.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Letterkenny_bus_station%2C_Co_Donegal_-_geograph.org.uk_-_461426.jpg/330px-Letterkenny_bus_station%2C_Co_Donegal_-_geograph.org.uk_-_461426.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Letterkenny_bus_station%2C_Co_Donegal_-_geograph.org.uk_-_461426.jpg/440px-Letterkenny_bus_station%2C_Co_Donegal_-_geograph.org.uk_-_461426.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="427" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Letterkenny_bus_station" title="Letterkenny bus station">Letterkenny bus station</a>, outside Letterkenny Shopping Centre</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Bus_%C3%89ireann" title="Bus Éireann">Bus Éireann</a> operates multiple daily services from <a href="/wiki/Letterkenny_bus_station" title="Letterkenny bus station">Letterkenny bus station</a> to Ireland's larger urban areas like <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> (number 32), <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Galway" title="Galway">Galway</a> (both number 64). Private coach companies operate daily services to and from town. The <a href="/wiki/Londonderry_and_Lough_Swilly_Railway" title="Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway">Lough Swilly Bus Company</a> (known locally as <i>Lough Swilly</i> or <i>the Swilly Bus</i>) operated a local transport service until they ceased trading in April 2014. Bus Éireann is now the main bus service provider in the town. </p><p>Letterkenny is also connected to other parts of the county via <a href="/wiki/TFI_Local_Link" title="TFI Local Link">TFI Local Link</a>. Routes include Route 271<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to <a href="/wiki/Burtonport" title="Burtonport">Burtonport</a>, Route 264 to <a href="/wiki/Ballyshannon" title="Ballyshannon">Ballyshannon</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Route 300 to <a href="/wiki/Fanad" title="Fanad">Fanad</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Route 953 to <a href="/wiki/Moville" title="Moville">Moville</a><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Route 989 to <a href="/wiki/Carrigans,_County_Donegal" title="Carrigans, County Donegal">Carrigans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Private companies provide daily bus services to <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>. Letterkenny has no <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_border" title="Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border">cross-border</a> public transport service linking it directly to Belfast. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two <a href="/wiki/National_primary_road" title="National primary road">national primary roads</a> serve the town: the <a href="/wiki/N13_road_(Ireland)" title="N13 road (Ireland)">N13</a> from the South (<a href="/wiki/Stranorlar" title="Stranorlar">Stranorlar</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/N14_road_(Ireland)" title="N14 road (Ireland)">N14</a> from the east (<a href="/wiki/Lifford" title="Lifford">Lifford</a>). The N13 also links into the <a href="/wiki/A2_road_(Northern_Ireland)" title="A2 road (Northern Ireland)">A2 road (Northern Ireland)</a> to <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a>. The <a href="/wiki/N56_road_(Ireland)" title="N56 road (Ireland)">N56</a> <a href="/wiki/National_secondary_road" title="National secondary road">secondary road</a>, beginning at the N14 in the town, travels in a loop around the county, ending in <a href="/wiki/Donegal_(town)" title="Donegal (town)">Donegal</a> town. <a href="/wiki/Regional_road_(Ireland)" title="Regional road (Ireland)">Regional roads</a> include the <a href="/wiki/R245_road_(Ireland)" title="R245 road (Ireland)">R245</a>, connecting Letterkenny northward to the <a href="/wiki/Fanad" title="Fanad">Fanad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rosguill" title="Rosguill">Rosguill</a> peninsulas, and the <a href="/wiki/R250_road_(Ireland)" title="R250 road (Ireland)">R250</a> southwest to <a href="/wiki/Glenties" title="Glenties">Glenties</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Churchill_(County_Donegal)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Churchill (County Donegal) (page does not exist)">Churchill</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Taxi">Taxi</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Taxi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taxi services are available from a rank on Main Street at Market Square. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Environment">Environment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Environment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tidy_Towns">Tidy Towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Tidy Towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HighStreetLK.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/HighStreetLK.jpg/170px-HighStreetLK.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/HighStreetLK.jpg/255px-HighStreetLK.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/HighStreetLK.jpg/340px-HighStreetLK.jpg 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="474" /></a><figcaption>Traffic congestion on Letterkenny's High Road</figcaption></figure> <p>Letterkenny has a long history in Ireland's national <a href="/wiki/Tidy_Towns_(Ireland)" title="Tidy Towns (Ireland)">Tidy Towns</a> competition, first entering in 1959 and achieving its best result in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2002, a National Anti-Litter League survey carried out by <a href="/wiki/An_Taisce" title="An Taisce">An Taisce</a> compared Letterkenny's excess litter to that normally associated with <a href="/wiki/The_Liberties,_Dublin" title="The Liberties, Dublin">The Liberties</a>, a litter blackspot located in Dublin's impoverished <a href="/wiki/Inner_city" title="Inner city">inner city</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was voted "Best Kept Urban Centre" in the 2007 'Best Kept Town Awards' and took top prize in the "Large Urban Centre" category at the 2007 Tidy Towns competition.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It appeared to maintain its litter-free status for the remainder of that decade, judging by the results of a study by business group Irish Business Against Litter, published on 23 August 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, it was named its county's tidiest town, receiving 306 points, four less than the overall winner <a href="/wiki/Killarney" title="Killarney">Killarney</a>. This included 47/50 points for its landscaping, the highest number of points scored by any town in this category. Out of the 821 entrants in the 2011 competition, Letterkenny finished in eighth place and received a gold medal for a ninth consecutive year. In the 2012 competition, it was selected as the tidiest town in the north-west of the country.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, it was selected as one of Ireland's top ten towns.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, Letterkenny achieved its best result in the Tidy Towns competition, being awarded top prize in the "Large Urban Centre" category and receiving the overall award as Ireland's tidiest, Ireland's best.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tidy_towns_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tidy_towns-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Letterkenny received the same points total in 2016 but this was not sufficient to retain the title.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_quality">Air quality</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Air quality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2019, the <a href="/wiki/Environmental_Protection_Agency_(Ireland)" title="Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland)">Environmental Protection Agency</a> (EPA) cited Letterkenny as having higher levels of <a href="/wiki/Air_pollution" title="Air pollution">air pollution</a> than the Indian capital <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>. Professor John Wenger said: "I've been looking at figured [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>] from the EPA for the last few years and it's the highest I've seen. It is quite extraordinary".<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Just over two months later, the <i><a href="/wiki/Donegal_News" title="Donegal News">Donegal News</a></i> reported that the latest EPA graphs showed levels were "still off the charts"; more than 200 micrograms per cubic metre of fine <a href="/wiki/Particulate_matter" class="mw-redirect" title="Particulate matter">particulate matter</a> at times during February 2020, "when the recommended <u>annual</u> mean limit set by the <a href="/wiki/World_Health_Organization" title="World Health Organization">World Health Organisation</a> [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>] for <a href="/wiki/PM2.5" class="mw-redirect" title="PM2.5">PM2.5</a> is just 10 micrograms per cubic metre", while levels of <a href="/wiki/Sulphur_dioxide" class="mw-redirect" title="Sulphur dioxide">sulphur dioxide</a> in Letterkenny surpassed 200 <a href="/wiki/Microgram" title="Microgram">μg</a>/<a href="/wiki/Cubic_metre" title="Cubic metre">m<sup>3</sup></a> "even though levels are not supposed to exceed 125 μg/m<sup>3</sup> in 24 hours in the interest of the 'protection of human health'".<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water_quality">Water quality</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Water quality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Water quality in Letterkenny is a persistent problem. <i><a href="/wiki/Lonely_Planet" title="Lonely Planet">Lonely Planet</a></i> lists Donegal, in which Letterkenny is located, as one of its Irish counties in which visitors should not drink the tap water due to its featuring "toxic chemicals".<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2020, the <i><a href="/wiki/Donegal_News" title="Donegal News">Donegal News</a></i> reported on the concerns of residents in Letterkenny that their water supply was blue in colour and/or reeked of <a href="/wiki/Chlorine" title="Chlorine">chlorine</a>. The report also stated that these features of the water were less noticeable while running a tap but much more noticeable when filling a bath.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a> has stated that Ireland has, since 2003, been in breach of a directive against high levels of <a href="/wiki/Trihalomethane" title="Trihalomethane">Trihalomethane</a> (THM) in its water.<sup id="cite_ref-doyle_20200521_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doyle_20200521-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Commission stated that large amounts of THM cause diseases of the <a href="/wiki/Liver_disease" title="Liver disease">liver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kidney_disease" title="Kidney disease">kidneys</a> and <a href="/wiki/Central_nervous_system_disease" title="Central nervous system disease">central nervous system</a>, cancers of the <a href="/wiki/Bladder_cancer" title="Bladder cancer">bladder</a> and <a href="/wiki/Colorectal_cancer" title="Colorectal cancer">colon</a>, and damages to foetuses during pregnancy.<sup id="cite_ref-doyle_20200521_90-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doyle_20200521-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The highest levels of THM were recorded in County Donegal (in which Letterkenny is located), as well as in <a href="/wiki/County_Cork" title="County Cork">Counties Cork</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Kerry" title="County Kerry">Kerry</a> and <a href="/wiki/County_Wicklow" title="County Wicklow">Wicklow</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-doyle_20200521_90-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doyle_20200521-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twins">Twins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Twins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following places are twinned with Letterkenny: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elizabethtown,_Pennsylvania" title="Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania">Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania</a>, United States<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudolstadt" title="Rudolstadt">Rudolstadt</a>, Germany<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wielu%C5%84" title="Wieluń">Wieluń</a>, Poland</li></ul> <p>Letterkenny has a "friendship agreement" with <a href="/wiki/West_Dunbartonshire_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="West Dunbartonshire Council">West Dunbartonshire Council</a>, the first such agreement in Ireland with a Scottish local authority.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterkenny&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_settlements_on_the_island_of_Ireland_by_population" title="List of settlements on the island of Ireland by population">List of settlements on the island of Ireland by population</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_populated_places_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of populated places in the Republic of Ireland">List of populated places in the Republic of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_localities_in_Northern_Ireland_by_population" title="List of localities in Northern Ireland by population">List of localities in Northern Ireland by population</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_venues_for_All_Ireland_Fleadh_Cheoil_na_h%C3%89ireann" class="mw-redirect" title="List of venues for All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann">List of venues for All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann (2005, 2006)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Market_Houses_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Market Houses in the Republic of Ireland">Market Houses in the Republic of Ireland</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 September</span> 2012</span>. <q>Letterkeny[sic] has retained its gold medal in the 2012 [...] competition, and has been named the tidiest town in the North West region, as well as in County Donegal.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Highland+Radio&rft.atitle=Letterkenny+excels+in+the+2012+Tidy+Towns+awards&rft.date=2012-09-10&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.highlandradio.com%2F2012%2F09%2F10%2Fletterkenny-excels-in-the-2012-tidy-towns-awards%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALetterkenny" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-82">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.donegaldaily.com/2013/11/26/letterkenny-hoping-to-be-crowned-irelands-top-town-after-being-named-in-top-ten/">"Letterkenny hoping to be crowned Ireland's top town after being named in top ten"</a>. <i>Donegal Daily</i>. 26 November 2013. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131129232342/http://www.donegaldaily.com/2013/11/26/letterkenny-hoping-to-be-crowned-irelands-top-town-after-being-named-in-top-ten/">Archived</a> from the original on 29 November 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Places in <a href="/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal">County Donegal</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">County town</a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Lifford" title="Lifford">Lifford</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_and_villages_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland">Towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ballybofey" title="Ballybofey">Ballybofey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballyshannon" title="Ballyshannon">Ballyshannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buncrana" title="Buncrana">Buncrana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bundoran" title="Bundoran">Bundoran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carndonagh" title="Carndonagh">Carndonagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castlefin" title="Castlefin">Castlefin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donegal_(town)" title="Donegal (town)">Donegal Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dungloe" title="Dungloe">Dungloe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcarragh" title="Falcarragh">Falcarragh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenties" title="Glenties">Glenties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killybegs" title="Killybegs">Killybegs</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Letterkenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lifford" title="Lifford">Lifford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramelton" title="Ramelton">Ramelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stranorlar" title="Stranorlar">Stranorlar</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Donegal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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href="/wiki/Ballindrait" title="Ballindrait">Ballindrait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballintra" title="Ballintra">Ballintra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballyliffin" title="Ballyliffin">Ballyliffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgend,_County_Donegal" title="Bridgend, County Donegal">Bridgend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruckless" title="Bruckless">Bruckless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnfoot,_County_Donegal" title="Burnfoot, County Donegal">Burnfoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burtonport" title="Burtonport">Burtonport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrick,_County_Donegal" title="Carrick, County Donegal">Carrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrigans,_County_Donegal" title="Carrigans, County Donegal">Carrigans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrigart" title="Carrigart">Carrigart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churchill,_County_Donegal" title="Churchill, County Donegal">Churchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloghan,_County_Donegal" title="Cloghan, County Donegal">Cloghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clonmany" title="Clonmany">Clonmany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convoy,_County_Donegal" title="Convoy, County Donegal">Convoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranford,_County_Donegal" title="Cranford, County Donegal">Cranford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creeslough" title="Creeslough">Creeslough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crolly" title="Crolly">Crolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culdaff" title="Culdaff">Culdaff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doochary" title="Doochary">Doochary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downings" title="Downings">Downings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drumkeen" title="Drumkeen">Drumkeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunfanaghy" title="Dunfanaghy">Dunfanaghy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunkineely" title="Dunkineely">Dunkineely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunlewey" title="Dunlewey">Dunlewey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fahan" title="Fahan">Fahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fintown" title="Fintown">Fintown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frosses" title="Frosses">Frosses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen,_County_Donegal" title="Glen, County Donegal">Glen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glencolmcille" title="Glencolmcille">Glencolmcille</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greencastle,_County_Donegal" title="Greencastle, County Donegal">Greencastle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inver,_County_Donegal" title="Inver, County Donegal">Inver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerrykeel" title="Kerrykeel">Kerrykeel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilcar" title="Kilcar">Kilcar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killea,_County_Donegal" title="Killea, County Donegal">Killea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killygordon" title="Killygordon">Killygordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmacrennan" title="Kilmacrennan">Kilmacrennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laghy" title="Laghy">Laghy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leabgarrow" title="Leabgarrow">Leabgarrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lettermacaward" title="Lettermacaward">Lettermacaward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loch_an_I%C3%BAir" title="Loch an Iúir">Loughanure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malin,_County_Donegal" title="Malin, County Donegal">Malin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malin_Beg" title="Malin Beg">Malin Beg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manorcunningham" title="Manorcunningham">Manorcunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meenlaragh" title="Meenlaragh">Meenlaragh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milford,_County_Donegal" title="Milford, County Donegal">Milford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountcharles" title="Mountcharles">Mountcharles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moville" title="Moville">Moville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muff,_County_Donegal" title="Muff, County Donegal">Muff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narin,_County_Donegal" title="Narin, County Donegal">Narin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newtown_Cunningham" title="Newtown Cunningham">Newtowncunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pettigo" title="Pettigo">Pettigo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porthall" title="Porthall">Porthall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portnablagh" title="Portnablagh">Portnablagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quigley%27s_Point" title="Quigley's Point">Quigley's Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raphoe" title="Raphoe">Raphoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rathmullan" title="Rathmullan">Rathmullan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redcastle,_County_Donegal" title="Redcastle, County Donegal">Redcastle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rossnowlagh" title="Rossnowlagh">Rossnowlagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrove,_County_Donegal" title="Shrove, County Donegal">Shrove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Johnston,_County_Donegal" title="St Johnston, County Donegal">St Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teelin" title="Teelin">Teelin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Termon" title="Termon">Termon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Townland" title="Townland">Townlands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ardagh,_County_Donegal" title="Ardagh, County Donegal">Ardagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunbeg" title="Bunbeg">Bunbeg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnamoyle" title="Carnamoyle">Carnamoyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castleforward_Demesne" title="Castleforward Demesne">Castleforward Demesne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clonglash" title="Clonglash">Clonglash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrybeg" title="Derrybeg">Derrybeg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drumardagh" title="Drumardagh">Drumardagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drumrainy" title="Drumrainy">Drumrainy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gartan" title="Gartan">Gartan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gortahork" title="Gortahork">Gortahork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilclooney_More" title="Kilclooney More">Kilclooney More</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kincasslagh" title="Kincasslagh">Kincasslagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machaire_Rabhartaigh" title="Machaire Rabhartaigh">Magheroarty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meenagolan" title="Meenagolan">Meenagolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mullaghduff,_County_Donegal" title="Mullaghduff, County Donegal">Mullaghduff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsalon" title="Portsalon">Portsalon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranafast" title="Ranafast">Ranafast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urris" title="Urris">Urris</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Islands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arranmore" title="Arranmore">Arranmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruit_Island" title="Cruit Island">Cruit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighter_Island" title="Eighter Island">Eighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glashedy" title="Glashedy">Glashedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gola_Island" title="Gola Island">Gola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inch_Island" title="Inch Island">Inch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inishbofin,_County_Donegal" title="Inishbofin, County Donegal">Inishbofin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inishcoo" title="Inishcoo">Inishcoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inishdooey" title="Inishdooey">Inishdooey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inishfree" title="Inishfree">Inishfree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inishkeel" title="Inishkeel">Inishkeel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inishmeane" title="Inishmeane">Inishmeane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inishsirrer" title="Inishsirrer">Inishsirrer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inishtrahull" title="Inishtrahull">Inishtrahull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owey_Island" title="Owey Island">Owey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rathlin_O%27Birne" title="Rathlin O'Birne">Rathlin O'Birne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotten_Island" title="Rotten Island">Rotten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutland_Island,_County_Donegal" title="Rutland Island, County Donegal">Rutland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tory_Island" title="Tory Island">Tory</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cloughaneely" title="Cloughaneely">Cloughaneely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fanad" title="Fanad">Fanad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gweedore" title="Gweedore">Gweedore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inishowen" title="Inishowen">Inishowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Rosses" title="The Rosses">The Rosses</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_townlands_of_County_Donegal" title="List of townlands of County Donegal">List of townlands in County Donegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mountains_and_hills_of_County_Donegal" title="Category:Mountains and hills of County Donegal">Category:Mountains and hills of County Donegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rivers_of_County_Donegal" title="Category:Rivers of County Donegal">Category:Rivers of County Donegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Geography_of_County_Donegal" title="Category:Geography of County Donegal">Category:Geography of County Donegal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Tidy_Towns_(Ireland)_winners" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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title="Glenties">Glenties</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1960: <a href="/wiki/Glenties" title="Glenties">Glenties</a></li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Rathvilly" title="Rathvilly">Rathvilly</a></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Glenties" title="Glenties">Glenties</a></li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Rathvilly" title="Rathvilly">Rathvilly</a></li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/Virginia,_County_Cavan" title="Virginia, County Cavan">Virginia</a></li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Virginia,_County_Cavan" title="Virginia, County Cavan">Virginia</a></li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/Ballyjamesduff" title="Ballyjamesduff">Ballyjamesduff</a></li> <li>1967: <a href="/wiki/Ballyjamesduff" title="Ballyjamesduff">Ballyjamesduff</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Rathvilly" title="Rathvilly">Rathvilly</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Tyrrellspass" title="Tyrrellspass">Tyrrellspass</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Malin,_County_Donegal" title="Malin, County Donegal">Malin</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Ballyconnell" title="Ballyconnell">Ballyconnell</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Trim,_County_Meath" title="Trim, County Meath">Trim</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Kiltegan" title="Kiltegan">Kiltegan</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Ballyconnell" title="Ballyconnell">Ballyconnell</a> & <a href="/wiki/Trim,_County_Meath" title="Trim, County Meath">Trim</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Kilsheelan" title="Kilsheelan">Kilsheelan</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Adare" title="Adare">Adare</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Multyfarnham" title="Multyfarnham">Multyfarnham</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Glaslough" title="Glaslough">Glaslough</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Kilsheelan" title="Kilsheelan">Kilsheelan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Newtowncashel" title="Newtowncashel">Newtowncashel</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Mountshannon" title="Mountshannon">Mountshannon</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Dunmanway" title="Dunmanway">Dunmanway</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Terryglass" title="Terryglass">Terryglass</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Trim,_County_Meath" title="Trim, County Meath">Trim</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Kilkenny" title="Kilkenny">Kilkenny</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Kinsale" title="Kinsale">Kinsale</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Sneem" title="Sneem">Sneem</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Carlingford,_County_Louth" title="Carlingford, County Louth">Carlingford</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Ardagh,_County_Longford" title="Ardagh, County Longford">Ardagh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Malahide" title="Malahide">Malahide</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Malin,_County_Donegal" title="Malin, County Donegal">Malin</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Ardmore,_County_Waterford" title="Ardmore, County Waterford">Ardmore</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Keadue" title="Keadue">Keadue</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Galbally,_County_Limerick" title="Galbally, County Limerick">Galbally</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Glenties" title="Glenties">Glenties</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Ardagh,_County_Longford" title="Ardagh, County Longford">Ardagh</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Terryglass" title="Terryglass">Terryglass</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Ardagh,_County_Longford" title="Ardagh, County Longford">Ardagh</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Clonakilty" title="Clonakilty">Clonakilty</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Kenmare" title="Kenmare">Kenmare</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Westport,_County_Mayo" title="Westport, County Mayo">Westport</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Castletown,_County_Laois" title="Castletown, County Laois">Castletown</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Keadue" title="Keadue">Keadue</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Lismore,_County_Waterford" title="Lismore, County Waterford">Lismore</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Ennis" title="Ennis">Ennis</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Westport,_County_Mayo" 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